The Heavybit Library
The Heavybit Library is an extensive catalog of educational content featuring hundreds of hours of expert presentations, insightful podcasts, and articles focused on helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
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Understanding Business Models & Defensibility in Open Source
First-Principles Business Models Matter for Open Source A key concern for open-source startup founders is defensibility–how to...
Emerging Legal Challenges for Open Source in the Age of AI
Defensibility and AI-Related Legal Issues for Open Source Open-source software has been called “the most positive and...
Three Key Best Practices for Modern Incident Response
Incident management refers to the process that a company takes to detect, act upon, and resolve issues with their software...
Unintended Consequences Ep. #8, Resilience & Chill with J. Paul Reed of Netflix
In episode 8 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi Waterhouse and Kim Harrison speak with J. Paul Reed of Netflix. They discuss...
How to Launch a Dev-First Startup: Community & Leadership
Welcome to the second article in our definitive series on how to launch a developer-first startup, featuring advice from veteran...
O11ycast Ep. #59, Learning From Incidents with Laura Maguire of Jeli
In episode 59 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Laura Maguire of Jeli and Nick Travaglini of Honeycomb. They unpack...
O11ycast Ep. #49, Incident Commanders with Fred Hebert of Honeycomb
In episode 49 of o11ycast, Charity Majors and Jessica Kerr speak with Fred Hebert of Honeycomb about incident commanders. Listen...
Building Strong, Resilient, and Sustainable Organizations
The strongest and most resilient orgs are those that simultaneously 1) manage debt, organizational and technical, in a...
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy Hi, I’m Walter, and I coach startup founders to break through their...
2022 Heavybit Year in Review
For many startups, 2022 was a tough year due to difficult market conditions, and 2023 may be challenging as well. To help you...
2021: Heavybit & DevTool Year in Review
Happy New Year and welcome back! Before we forge ahead with 2022 programming and content, we want to take some time to reflect on...
O11ycast Ep. #36, Resilience Engineering with Jacob Scott of Stripe
In episode 36 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz speak with Jacob Scott of Stripe about the need for SRE teams, prioritizing customer...